Game-board stand.



No. 759,343. v PATENTED MAY 10. 1904. B. T. BURROWES.

GAME BOARD STAND. APAPLIOATION FILED 21:11.1 1902..

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' UNITED STATES Patented May 10, 190a.

EDWARD T. BURROlVES, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

GAME-BOARD STAND.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of LetteirsPatent No. 759,343, dated May 10,1904.

Application fil d February 7, 1902- Serial No. 92.953. (No model.)

To all 1071/0127, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD T. BURROWES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Portland, in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine,have invented certain new and use- .luljlmprovements in Game-BoardStands; and

, I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to an improvement in game-board stands; and it isembodied in the construction and arrangement of parts presently to bedescribed, and defined in the claims.

The invention is intended moreparticularly for use in connection withthat class of gameboards known as pool or billiard boards, although itsuseful application is not limited to such boards.

The object of the invention is to provide a portable stand forsupporting and holding a device such as a game-board and which when notin use can be readily folded up; further,

in the provision of a stand for game-boards which may be folded so as tooccupy a relatively small space and when folded will be retained in itsfolded position; further, in the p rovision of a game-board-supportingstand with adjusting means for leveling the board, and, finally, in theprovision of a stand which will embody structural simplicity andstrength and other features presently to be referred to.

In the drawings I have shown a form of stand. embodying the invention,but desire it understood that various changes and modifications can bemade without departing from the nature and principle of the invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the game-board in dotted lines.Fig. 2 is a an end elevation. Figs. 3 and lare respectively plan andedge views of the stand in a folded condition. Fig. 5 is an enlargeddetail view of one of the side bars, showing the brace in its normalposition. Fig. 6 is a detail view of a corner portion with the adjustingdevice thereon, and Fig. 7 is a similar view showing a modified form ofthe adjusting device.

A designates the side bars, B and B the end cross-bars, and B thecentral cross-bars. The end cross-bars B and B are convenientlypivotally secured in the ends of the side bars and held in place bysuitable washers Z) and screws or pins 7). The ends of the side barsextend a short distance beyond the cross bars for purposes presently tobe stated.

C and C designate supporting-legs located at opposite ends of the stand.These legs are secured to the cross-bars B and B, and their ends arearranged to project slightly beyond the cross-bars a distancesubstantially one-half the distance between the ends of the side barsand the cross-bars and equal to the distance between the upper edge ofthe side bars and the cross-bars, so that when the legs are folded-therewill be a projecting end of the side bars beyond that of the ends of thelegs;

" but when opened for supporting the tops of the legs will be flush withthe tops oi the side bars. These legs are positioned a short distancefrom the side bars, leaving an interven ing space, and located in thesaid space are suitable pins or projections D,eonveniently passingthrough and secured in apertures formed in the cross-bars. Theprojecting length of the pin D is greater than the projecting ends ofthe legs, but slightly short of the projecting ends of the side bars, sothat when the legs are folded the pins will be protected by the ends ofthe side bars and when the legs are opened or in supporting position thepins will project above the plane of the ends of the legs and the topsof the side bars. This arrangement affords a convenient means and methodof uniting with the frame or stand the justifying devices E.

The devices E consist,eonveniently,of a base member (2, having a socketc in its under portion, in whichthe projecting end of the pin or pins 1)enter, thereby serving to h old the justifier on the frame. The lowerportion c of the justilier is of suflicient area to project over the endof the leg and the upper edge of the side bar, which parts therebyconstitute a support for the justilier. The upper portion of thejustifier is provided with a threaded stem,which enters the lowerportion, as shown in dotted lines, so that the upper portion may beadjusted up or down to level the board placed thereon.

In lieu of the particular style of justifier above described the styleshown in Fig. 7 may be employed, consisting of a supportinghead 0carried on the stem 0*, which stem may be received into a threadedsocket formed in the cross-bar or other portion of the stand.

In supporting-stands of this character it is desirable to retain thelegs in their folded position against accidental outward movement. Thiswill be more fully appreciated when it is understood that the stand isintended to be folded up and placed in a convenient locality in a roomand on end. To accomplish this, various devices may be employed; butIhave found that a convenient manner is to utilize the braces F. Thesebraces consist of wooden strips, although other material may be used,and are pivoted to the side bars at f, their opposite ends havingperforations f formed therein, through which the pins G on the sides ofthe legs are projecting when the stand is set up. The braces oppositethe side bars are chamfered or beveled at F, and by pivoting the braceat that point the remaining portion thereof is normally held at an angleto the side bars, as shown in Fig. 5. The angularity of the ehamferedportion of the brace is such as to carry the brace to a point outwardfrom the side bars beyond the plane of the outer sides of the legs, andwhen the legs are folded parallel with the side bars the projecting endsof the braces are forced toward the side bars, and owing to the springof the material of which they are composed they exert a binding actionagainst the legs. I have found that this binding action of thespring-braces is amply sufficient to retain the legs in their foldedposition against shocks and jars. A further the sides of the legs andprevent the disen gagement with the pins.

H designates stops on the inner faces of the side bars, which arearranged to he engaged by the pins G and to limit the folding-inmovement of the legs. Vhile these stops are not necessarily essentialand can be readily omitted, they have been found convenient in assistingin properly positioning the legs when folded and to insure the properdirection of movement of the legs when unfolding.

To add stability to the structure, suitable cross-braces K are arrangedbetween and secured to the legs.

A stand constructed as above described is exceedingly light, durable,and stanch, serving well the purposes for which it is intended, and whenfolded can be readily placed within the rails of the game-board.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. An open stand for game-boards comprising side bars and end bars, theformer extending beyond the latter, foldable legs and projections forretaining adjusting supports in place located at the ends of therespective legs movable with the legs projecting beyond the same and ofa length less than the length of the extended portions of the side bars.

2. An open stand for game-boards, comprising side and end bars, ofpivoted legs secured to the frame back from'the ends thereof andprojections for retaining supports movable with the legs of a length toproject above the side bars when the legs are at right angles to thesame and less than the distance between the ends of the legs and end ofthe frame when the legs are folded.

In testimony whereof I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD T. BURROlVES.

\Vitnesses:

\VARREN WV. COLE, FRANK L. RIoKER.

